Rolling eye set for dolls



y 31, 1932- M. DE CESARE ROLLING EYE SET FOR DOLLS Filed April 2, 1931 INVENTOR. M 4. 64

% TTORNEY Patented May 31, 1932 STATES UN-ETE- MATTEO DE GESABE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ROLLING EYE SET non DOLLS Application filed. April 2,

This invention relates to a rolling eye set for dolls, and means for mounting the same within the dolls head.

An object of this invention is to provide an eye set of the character described having improved means, including a toggle mechanism for firmly mounting the same within a dolls head and yet permitting rolling of the eyes and self adjustment thereof to fit the eye to sockets.

- A further object of this invention is to provide a structure of the character described which shall be adjustable with respect to the space between the eyes and wherein the eye 35 balls may readily be replaced, for example, for difl'erent sized eye balls;

A still further object of this invention is to provide a neat, compact and strong dolls eye structure, of the character described which shall be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble and mount within the dollshead and practical and efficient toa high de ree.

ther objects or this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of'parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of'which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one ofthevarious possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is an elevational, cross-sectional view of a doll provided with an eyeset embodying the invention, taken through one of the eye sockets; 1

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3' is a front elevational view of the means for mounting an eye set within the dolls head;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectionalview taken on line 55 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a rearview of an eyeset embody- Serial N 0. 527,076.

ing the invention and illustrating a modified construction thereof.

Referring now indetail to the drawings, 10 designates a dolls head provided with an eye set 11 embodying the invention. The head 10 may be of usual construction, having a pair of spaced eye sockets 12 and somewhat thickened side wall portions 13 and 14. The set 11 comprises generally, an extensible frame 15 and a device 16 pivoted thereto, whereby theeye set is mounted, in the head- 10.

The frame 15 comprises a pair of substantially symmetrical nested members 17 and 18 of angular cross-section having contacting walls 19 and 20, respectively, and walls 21 and 22 extending at right angles from said walls 19 and respectively. The rear wall 19 of said member 17 is provided with a horizontal, longitudinal slot 23,'where as the wall.

20 of the inner member 18 is formed with a wall 22. The portions 25 and 26, as well as the portions 27and 28, are provided with small openings 29 and 30 formountingartifi'cial eyeballs 31 on the eye carrier. To this end each of said .eye balls 31 is preferably made of a semispherical piece of metal and is provided with a rearwardly extending tongue 32 passing through said openings 29 and 30, the end 33 of said tongue being bent back by manual pressure or otherwise for firmly retaining the eyes inposition on the carrier. The members 17 and 18.may be slidably moved longitudinally with respect to one another. For fixing said members to each other in various adjusted positions, there is provided an elongated vertical strip of metal 35 having a screw threaded opening 36 adjacent the upper end thereof. A small thumb screw 37 passing through said slots 23, 24 is screwed to the threaded portion 36, said screw being'provided with a knurled head 38 for manipulating the same, and for pressingthe members 17 and 18 together, in any adjusted position to which said members may be moved. With this construction, it will be noted, the distance between the eye balls 31 may be adjusted so that the same eye carrier may be used with dolls heads of various sizes. It will be noted further, that the eyes 31 may also be readily removed or replaced by other suitable eyes, for example, of larger or smaller size. For the purpose hereinafter described, there is attached to the lower end of the strip 35, as for example, by means of an eyelet 39, a weighted member 40, such as a small block of metal or the like material.

The mounting device 16 comprises an elongated thin strip of spring metal 41 bent over at the to as at 42, to form a downwardly exten ing resilient tongue 43, and adapted to contact the neck portion 42a of the dolls head at the bottom end thereof. A pair of hooks 45 soldered as at 46 to said member 41 and formed with inwardly extending portions 47 adapted to engage said tongue, serve to limit the outward movement of said tongue. It will be noted however, that the tongue 43 may be pushed inwardly toward the adjacent portion of the member 41, and upon release will spring back into contact with said portions 47. Attached to said tongue 43, for limited rotative movement, as for example, by means of an eyelet 48, is a member 49 having outwardly extending intles 50 loosely extending through openings 51 in the inner sides of the eye members 31. The construction between the eye members and the members 49 is such as to permit pivotal as well as limited sliding movement between the eyes and said member 49,

to allow for inequalities of size in manufacture of the head. Rotation of said member 49 on said arm 43 may be limited by members 45, or by any other suitable means.

The member 41 is provided with a longitudinal slot 52 and slidably mounted therein is an eyelet 53, to which are pivoted the inner ends of a pair of members 54 and 55,

' having sharp knife edges 56 and 57 respectively, at the outer ends thereof. The inner ends of members 54 and thus have a pin and slot connection with member 41. A pair of links 59 and 60 are pivoted at the outer ends thereof, as for example, by means of e elets 59a and 6011 respectively, to intermeiate portions of said members 54 and 55. The inner ends of said links are pivoted to the said member 41 by means of a common eyelet 62 disposed in alignment with said slot 52. It will be seen that the members 54, 55, 59 and 60 in effect form a toggle device, so that upward pressure on the eyelet or pivot point 53 will cause the outer ends 56 and 57 to be pressed outwardly with considerable force against the thickened side wall portions 13, 14 of the dolls head, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The eye set 11 may be mounted within the dolls head by means, for example, of the instruments and tools and in the manner described in my co-pending application, Serial No. 527,075 filed on the 2nd day of April, 1931. When the eye set is thus mounted in the head, the spring tongue resiliently presses the eyes within the eye sockets so that upon tilting the doll backwards the weighted member 40 will drop or move away from the dolls face to cause a rolling of the eyes. The upper end of the member 41 serves as a sto for contacting the upper wall 21 of the rame 15, when the weight swings backwards. Since the member 41 may be made of resilient or flexible sheet metal, the impact is softened and the shock on the eye set relieved.

The strip 35 may be centralized with respect to the members 17 and 18 by means of symmetrically disposed tongues 17a and 18a, projecting downwardly from said walls 19 and 20 respectively, as shown in Fig. 2. By bringing the strip 35 between the outer edges of said tongue 17a, 180, the central or medial position of said strip may be maintained when adjusting the said members 17 and In Fig. 6 is shown a modified construction, wherein the strip 35 is replaced by a pair of links 65, 66 pivoted at the upper ends thereof to outwardly extending tongues 67, 68 projecting from the outer ends of said walls 19 and 20 respectively. Said members and 66 are preferably of equal length and pivoted to each other at the lower ends there- 1 of by means of an eyelet 69, or in any other suitable manner. A weighted member 70 may be pivoted to said lower ends by means of a common eyelet 69. With this construction, the weight 70 is retained in central position during adjustment of the members 17 and 18, since said weight is located at the apex of an isometric triangle, the sides of which are the members 65, 66.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination with a dolls head havon said arm, said zarm being adapted to urge saidteyes into said eye sockets. I 2. In combination with adolls headhavingeye sockets, .a member having a bent over resilient arm, a pair of dollseyesplvotally -mounted on said'arm, and means for attaching said memberto said head, said means comprising :a pair of arms pivoted together and to said member, and having outer end portions embedded within the side wall portions of said head.

8. In combination with a dollshead having eyesockets, a memberhaving a bent over resilient arm, a frame pivotally mounted on said arm, dolls eyes attached to said frame, means forattachingsaid member to said head whereby said arm may yieldingly press said eyes into said eye sockets,said member having a longitudinal slot, said means comprising a member slidably mounted within said slot, a pair of arms pivoted to said slidable member, said pair of arms having knife edges at Within the arisin a air of nestin members made of sheet metal and of angular cross-section, a forwardly projecting arm extending from one side of one of said members, anda'forwardly projecting arm extending from the opposite side of said other member, dolls eyes removably securedto said arms, each of said members being-formed'with a slot, means for attaching said members together including a member extending through said slots, and a weighted member secured to said nested members.

6. In a dolls eye set, an eye frame comprising a two part extensible member, an arm projecting from each of said parts, said arms beingparallel and spaced from one another and each being" provided with an opening, a dolls eye for each of said arms, said eyes having extensions fastened through said openings, anda weight suspendingly attached to said extensible member. I

7. In a dolls eye set, an eye frame comp ising a two part extensible member, an arm projecting from each of said parts, said arms being parallel and spaced fromone another, and each being formed with a pair of spaced openings, and a dolls eye for each arm, naving a strip extending therefrom and passing through the openings'in said arm, the outer end-of said strip being bent over into engagement with an ad acent portion" of said I arm.

8Q In combination with a pair of dolls eyes, means for mounting said eyes within a 9 dolls head, comprising an elongated strip, having a longitudinal slot, a pair of arms pivoted together by a member slidably mounted in said slot, a pair. of members pivoted together and to said strip at a point thereon aligned with said slot, the outer ends of said pair of members being pivotedto intermedi' ate portions of said pair of arms whereby movement of said slidable member within said slot will cause movement of the outer ends of said pairof arms.

9. In combination with apair of dolls eyes, means for mounting said eyes within a dolls head, comprising an elongated strip having a bent over resilient arm, a member pivotally mounted on said bent over arm and having outwardly extending pintles pivotally carrying said eyes, said strip having a longitudinal slot, a pair of arms pivoted together by a member slidably mounted in said sl0t,'- a pair of members pivoted together and to said strip at a point thereon aligned with, said slot, the outer ends of said pair ofmembers being pivoted to intermediate portions of said pair of arms whereby movement of said 395 slidable member within'said slot will cause movement of the outer ends of-said pair of arms.

10. In combination with a dolls head having eye sockets, an eye frame having a pair 5 of dolls eyes, means for adjusting the dis- 'tance between said eyes, and means for mounting. said frame within said head, said means including a'member, a second member attached to said first memberand engaging said eyes, a pair of arms having at the inner ends thereof a pin and slot connection withsaid first member and having outer end portions embedded within the side wall portions of said head. i

11. In combination with a dolls head having eye sockets, a member having a resilient arm,-toggle means for attaching said memberto said head, a pair of dolls eyes,

and means for pivotally mounting said eyes on said arm, said arm being adapted to urge saideyes into said eye sockets.

12. In combination with a dolls head having eye sockets, an'eye frame having'a pair of dolls eyes, means for mounting said frame within said head, said means includinga member, a pair of arms having inner end portions slidably and pivotally attached to said member and having outer end portions embedded within side wall portions of I: said head. I

13. In combination with a dolls head, a pair of dolls eyes and means for mounting said eyes within said head, said means comprising a'member carryingisaid eyes, a pair of members pivoted to said first member having outer portions adapted to engage portions of said head, and a pair of links interconnecting said members with said first member.

14. In combination with a dolls head having eye sockets, an eye frame having a pair of dolls eyes, means for mounting said frame within said head, said means including a member, a pair of arms pivoted together on a common pivot, said common pivot being slidably mounted on said member, said arms having outer end portions adapted to engage the side wall portions of said head upon causing sliding movement of said common pivot.

15. In an eye set, an eye frame comprising a pair of members mounted for sliding movement with respect to one another, means for fixing said members together in various adjusted positions, a dolls eye mounted on each of said pair of members, a weighted member dependingly supported from said pair of members, an elongated member having a resilient arm, a member attached at an intermediate point thereof to said arm, having outwardly extending portions, said eyes being rotatably mounted on said outwardly extending portions, and toggle means for fixing said elongated member to said head.

16. In combination with a dolls head, having eye sockets, an eye frame comprising a pair of members mounted for sliding movement with respect to one another, means for fixing said members together in various adjusted positions, a dolls eye mounted on each of said members and extending into one of said sockets, a weighted member dependingly supported from said members, an elongated member having a resilient arm, a member attached at an intermediate point thereof to said arm, having outwardly extending portions, said eyes being rotatably mounted on said outwardly extending portions, and being pressed into said sockets by said arm, and means for fixing said elongated member to said head, said means comprising a pair of inclined members having at the inner ends thereof a pin and slot connection with said elongated member, and the outer ends of said inclined members being adapted to dig into opposite wall portions of said head.

17. In combination with a dolls head, an eye frame having a weighted member dependingly supported thereby, a pair of dolls eyes fixed to said frame, an elongated member having a resilient arm, a member pivoted at an intermediate portion thereof to said arm, and having outwardly extending end portions, each of said eyes having an opening for rotatably receiving one of said end portions, and toggle means for attaching said elongated member to said head.

18. An eye set comprising a frame, formed of a pair of members mounted for sliding movement with respect to one an other, means'for fixing said members together in various adjusted positions, a dolls eye removably attached to each of said members, a weighted member dependingly supported from said pair of members, an elongated member having a spring arm, a member pivoted at. an intermediate portion thereof to said arm, and having outwardly extending end portions, each of said eyes having an opening for rotatably receiving one of said end portions.

19. An eye set comprising a frame formed of a pair of members mounted for sliding movement with respect to one an other, means for fixing said members together in various adjusted positions, a dolls eye removably attached to each of said members, a weighted member dcpendingly supported from said members, an elongated member having a spring arm, a member pivoted at an intermediate portion thereof to said arm, and having outwardly extending end portions, each of said eyes having an opening for rotatably receiving one of said end portions, and means for attaching said eye set to a dolls head, said means comprising a pair of inclined arms having the inner ends thereof pivotally and slidably connected to said elongated member, the outer ends of said inclined members being adapted to dig into the opposite wall portions of said head.

20. In a dolls eye set, an eye frame comprising a pair of members mounted for slid- I ing movement with respect to one another, said members being formed with aligned slots, means for fixing said members together in various adjusted positions, including a clamping member extending through said slots, a weighted member attached to and 1 depending from said last member, a dolls eye mounted on each of said pair of members, and a tab extending from each of said pair of members, said tabs being parallel and symmetrically disposed with respect to the middle of said frame.

21. An eye set comprising an eye frame having a pair of dolls eyes mounted thereon, means for mounting said frame within a dolls head, including a member, a pair of F arms pivoted together by a common pivot, said common pivot being slidably mounted on said member, said arms having outer end portions adapted to engage opposite wall portions of the dolls head upon causing sliding movement of said common pivot.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MATTEO DE CESAR-E. 

